This unit gives students who have an interest in art and art appreciation the opportunity to explore their own spirituality and learn technical skills to express that. Students will also investigate and analyse the social context and function of religious art of the past and the present. 

Units

Unit 1:  Interpreting artworks and exploring the creative process

Students use experiential learning in making and responding to explore ideas, using creative practice. As the artist and audience, students consider their connection to artworks, and how their communication of ideas and presentation of artworks challenge, shape and influence viewer or audience perspectives.

They focus on the making of art and examine how artists communicate ideas and meaning in artworks. They examine artists in different societies, cultures and historical periods and develop their own interpretations and viewpoints about the meanings and messages of artworks. They explore how artists create new ways of thinking and representation, while developing their own art practice.